Estoril: Series race two report

Second win for Pavlovic!
Milos Pavlovic (Draco Racing) notched up his second race win of the
season at Estoril today, after passing Clivio Piccione (RC Motorsport)
midway through the race. Fairuz Fauzy (Cram Comp0x00e9tition) was the third
man...

Second win for Pavlovic!

Milos Pavlovic (Draco Racing) notched up his second race win of the
season at Estoril today, after passing Clivio Piccione (RC Motorsport)
midway through the race. Fairuz Fauzy (Cram Comp0x00e9tition) was the third
man on the podium. Meanwhile, Alvaro Parente (Tech 1 Racing) has extended
his lead over Ben Hanley (Prema Powerteam) in the overall standings to 22
points.

Clivio Piccione got off to a good start, but Milos Pavlovic was right up
with him on the first bend. The RC driver managed to maintain his lead,
however. At the back of the field, Bertrand Baguette (KTR) and Carlos
Iaconelli (Pons Racing) were the victims of the first bend. At the end of
the first lap, Piccione led from Pavlovic, Fauzy, Van der Garde, Parente,
Albuquerque, Walker, Bonanomi, Valsecchi and Jousse. Molina, who started
from tenth position after winning yesterday's race, was way back in
fourteenth.

At the front, Piccione simply could not shake off Pavlovic. Fauzy,
however, could not keep pace with the front two. Van der Garde, too,
found himself lapping on his own in fourth, quite some distance ahead of
Parente, Albuquerque and Walker.

Bonanomi faced stiff competition from Barba for his eighth position. The
Spanish driver eventually sneaked past him on lap 7, before going after
Walker! The man from Seville took advantage of the clear track in front
of him to clock the fastest lap of the race.

On the eleventh of the race's 27 laps, Pavlovic began to make things
increasingly difficult for Piccione. The Serbian eventually took the lead
at the beginning of lap 14. Fairuz Fauzy soon made up ground on Piccione,
who received a warning after zigzagging in an effort to keep his
Malaysian rival at bay.

With nine laps remaining, Filipe Albuquerque made a move on Alvaro
Parente. The ensuing duel between the two Portuguese drivers delighted
the crowd... not to mention Walker and Barba, who sensed an opportunity
in the offing! And one lap later, Parente duly made a mistake that let
all three men past. Valsecchi, meanwhile, slipped back two places to
eleventh, behind Jousse and Wickens.

Walker then made an error that allowed Barba to climb to sixth, less than
a second adrift of Albuquerque! Parente, Bonanomi, Jousse and Wickens
completed the top ten at this stage.

Resigning himself to a finish outside the points, Ben Hanley (Prema
Powerteam) stopped off in the pits before setting out in pursuit of the
two points awarded for the fastest race lap. And the RDD driver achieved
his goal with ease!

Milos Pavlovic: "I'd saved a fresh set of tyres, and I knew I could win
it. Qualifying has often been difficult for me this season. I'm focusing
more on my race results rather than my final position in the
championship."

Clivio Piccione: "Obviously, I'm a bit disappointed, but I was expecting
this to be a long, hard race. I just concentrated on not making any
mistakes."

Fairuz Fauzy: "I had a few opportunities to pass Clivio. But my car
wasn't handling so well in the second half of the race, so I opted to
play it safe."